Category: Sports

John Muguerza / Columnist Few players have transcended not just the game of baseball but sports in general the way Derek Jeter has. With athletes having to deal with so many more distractions in the modern age ranging from social media, relentless public criticism, death threats and around-the-clock media coverage, it’s a reminder that in today’s age nothing is off limits. But somehow Jeter has been able to maneuver through the distractions over his 20-year MLB career and the amazing part is that he has done it for only one team and in the most infamous city in America where the…

Carlos E. Gonzalez / Reporter Two shots of Jack Daniels turned out to be too much for the Texans when they fell 16 to 13 in the championship game of the 12-team Viking intramural basketball tournament. Each team stepped up to the challenge to see who would be the last one standing as they competed for the title of the basketball tournament. The tournament took place in the gym for two days starting on Sept. 23. Only three players from every team could play at a time but they could rotate out if substitute players were available. There was no…

Carlos E. Gonzalez / Reporter Even though it looked to be a rainy day for intramurals, that didn’t keep Director Ryan Murphy from postponing the Ultimate Frisbee Tournament. The tournament took place Sept. 10 in the Kinesiology Building on East Campus. Just three teams signed up: The Vikings, Auto Bots and Team Lockdown were all ready to go head to head for the trophy. Each team was co-ed and had as many as five players on the court. Each game was one round and six minutes long, while the championship was two rounds of five minutes each. The tournament was round-robin…

By Carlos E. Gonzalez / Reporter It’s another exciting semester for intramurals, and the dodgeball tournament held during the second week of school saw a large turnout. Six teams entered but two dominated the whole thing. Every team had a minimum of six players on the field, having to win best out of three for six rounds. Every game had the crowd on their feet from the start, though some teams were favored to take it all, like team MOB, other teams like the Average Joes and Regulators made it difficult for them. Eventually MOB would make it all the…

By Amber Quaid / Managing editor Corpus Christi has a new team, the Grave Diggers. This is a men’s roller derby team. You heard correctly, men’s roller derby. Roller derby started out as a co-ed sport but because of World War II’s call for men to go fight it left the women to continue the sport. This is how the widely accepted notion of roller derby being a women’s sport was created. The men’s side of roller derby continued but not as largely as the women’s. Then in 2007 the MRDA, or Men’s Roller Derby Association, was created. The MRDA has…

American Bank Center’s 100,000th tickets, meets wrestlers By Kaliegh Benck / Editor-in-chief With its 10-year anniversary just around the corner, SMG-managed American Bank Center knew it had to do something big to celebrate. Since 2004, WWE events have continued to draw large crowds of loyal fans. On Tuesday, July 29, the American Bank Center chose the 100,000th to walk through the doors to win a special prize package. This package included ticket upgrades the day of the event, a backstage meet and greet with a WWE Superstar, WWE merchandise, a free six-month WWE network subscription, $100 food and drink voucher for the evening and four tickets to…